Harvey Milk Photography Center News – San Francisco Recreation and Parkhttp://sfrecpark.org
Get out and play!Thu, 14 Dec 2017 01:33:42 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1Harvey Milk Center Holiday Craft Fair on December 10http://sfrecpark.org/event/harvey-milk-center-holiday-craft-fair-on-december-10/
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:00:00 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=116121Need to get some Christmas shopping done? Join us at the Harvey Milk Center for the Arts (50 Scott Street) on Sunday, December 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for their … Continue reading →]]>

Need to get some Christmas shopping done? Join us at the Harvey Milk Center for the Arts (50 Scott Street) on Sunday, December 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for their holiday craft fair! This event will include numerous local artists offering their unique handmade holiday gifts for sale to the public. The event is FREE to attend and will also host family friendly activities for all ages including music, popcorn, art projects and a photo booth! For more information, call (415) 554-8742 or click here.

]]>SF Rec and Parks Welcomes Rock & Roll Photographer Jay Blakesberg to Harvey Milk Photo Centerhttp://sfrecpark.org/sf-rec-and-parks-welcomes-rock-roll-photographer-jay-blakesberg-to-harvey-milk-photo-center/
Mon, 30 Oct 2017 21:21:22 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=115451SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today celebrity photographer Jay Blakesberg, who has photographed legendary musicians such Jerry Garcia, Tom Waits, Santana and more, will be showing his work for the first time in San Francisco. The longtime San Francisco resident has chosen SF Rec … Continue reading →]]>

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today celebrity photographer Jay Blakesberg, who has photographed legendary musicians such Jerry Garcia, Tom Waits, Santana and more, will be showing his work for the first time in San Francisco. The longtime San Francisco resident has chosen SF Rec and Park Department’s Harvey Milk Photo Center for his latest photo exhibit, “Dark + Light – The Rock and Roll Photography of Jay Blakesberg”. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, November 9th starting from 5:30PM.

The show features over 120 images. These iconic photos have been culled from Blakesberg’s 39-year photography career and focus on his rock-and-roll adventure. “Dark + Light – The Rock and Roll Photography of Jay Blakesberg” at Harvey Milk Photo Center – which will be Blakesberg’s first major solo show in his hometown – will feature images taken back in the late 1970’s that include blues legends like Muddy Waters, BB King, James Cotton and Johnny Winter, taken two weeks after Blakesberg’s high School graduation. Iconic portraits of Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Garcia, Carlos Santana, many other titans of rock and roll who were shot on assignment for rock magazines such as Rolling Stone, Guitar Player, and Bay Area Music Magazine (BAM) as well as high energy performance photographs from the likes of the Grateful Dead and Neil Young.

“I have felt for a long time that what I was doing is visual anthropology. I truly believe that the modern day rock- and-roll scene, both the artists and fans, are a unique tribe whose tale should continue to be documented and told, said Jay Blakesberg. “When the conversation first started with Dave at Harvey Milk, I knew this was the perfect location to show this body of work. Without the constraints of a commercial gallery I am able to stretch out and tell my story, which spans 4 decades. Everything is printed on “Chromaluxe Metal”, which creates a new vibrant viewing experience. Harvey Milk Photo Center is a crown jewel with San Francisco Recreation and Parks, and I’m thrilled to align with the City of San Francisco on this project.”

According to SF Rec and Park Department’s Historian-in-Residence, Christopher Pollock, San Francisco’s first camera room facility was located at Hayes Valley Recreation Center and was created in 1949 by Clifford Nelson who managed the Department’s Visual Recreation division. Throughout the years, the Photo Center moved to various locations, and in 1954, the City dedicated the three-story building located at 50 Scott Street to be the Recreation Arts Center that included the separate photo center containing 7,800 square-feet and a huge public darkroom, the largest in the West Coast. The Center opened on December 19, 1957. In December, 1978, SF Rec and Park Commission approved to rename the Recreation Arts Center after Supervisor Harvey Milk who was slain on November 27th and in honor the Supervisor who also owned and operated the Castro Camera Shop between 1972 until his death in 1978.

“SF Rec and Park is proud to be providing access to diverse recreation programming for San Franciscans,” said Phil Ginsburg, SF Rec and Park General Manager. “And we are excited that our Harvey Milk Photo Center provides a great environment as a creative outlet for professional photographer like Jay Blakesberg as well as just about anyone who enjoys photography.”

The Dark + Light — The Rock and Roll Photography by Jay Blakesberg at Harvey Milk Photo Center located 50 Scott Street in San Francisco will start on November 9th, 2017 through January 6th, 2018. The exhibit ranges from moments backstage and onstage at festivals and concerts, to portrait assignments for magazine features, record companies and the artists themselves. This exhibition explores the arc of Blakesberg’s career which he unwittingly began in 1978 at age 16. Back then Blakesberg’s father had loaned him a Pentax camera to take pictures at a Grateful Dead concert in their home state of New Jersey. Blakesberg’s first paid photography assignment came at age 17, in September 1979 when the Aquarian Weekly paid him $15 to run two photographs in the free periodical. In November 1987, Blakesberg landed his first assignment with Rolling Stone Magazine, photographing a free U2 concert in downtown San Francisco.

Harvey Milk Photo Center offers many courses in various subjects to meet the needs of aspiring and established photographers alike. The Center also provides its members full access to the oldest and largest darkroom in the west, full feature film processing areas, and state-of-the-art digital lab. Members also have the opportunity to take part in its annual “Members, Staff & Volunteer Exhibit” each year, located in the Photo Center’s large studio space, which is perfect venue for some of the best exposure in San Francisco.

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]]>National Night Out on August 1http://sfrecpark.org/national-night-out-on-august-1/
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:22:47 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=114422Tuesday, August 1 is National Night Out, an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. Rec centers and parks across the city will be participating in this event with a variety of live entertainment, arts and recreational … Continue reading →]]>

Tuesday, August 1 is National Night Out, an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. Rec centers and parks across the city will be participating in this event with a variety of live entertainment, arts and recreational activities and informational opportunities. The following SF Rec and Park locations will be participating:

]]>Celebrate Community – Gay Pride event at Harvey Milkhttp://sfrecpark.org/celebrate-community-gay-pride-event-at-harvey-milk/
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:02:41 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=113989Celebrate Community is a LGBTQ Pride Photo Exhibit and event open to the public at Harvey Milk Center for the Arts. The event features a photo gallery opening followed by live entertainment provided by Peaches Christ Productions. The event is Free to the public. WHEN: Photo Opening and Pride Event is Saturday, … Continue reading →]]>

Celebrate Community is a LGBTQ Pride Photo Exhibit and event open to the public at Harvey Milk Center for the Arts. The event features a photo gallery opening followed by live entertainment provided by Peaches Christ Productions. The event is Free to the public.

WHEN: Photo Opening and Pride Event is Saturday, June 17th at 5:30pm to 9:00pm
Photo gallery is up June 17th through July 23rd 2017 WHERE: Harvey Milk Photo Center and Center for the Arts – 50 Scott StreetFor more information: 415-554-9522, http://www.harveymilkphotocenter.org

]]>ShutterSpeedhttp://sfrecpark.org/event/shutterspeed/
Sun, 23 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=109200ShutterSpeed is an international exhibition and event that invites you to open your mind and discover the intersection of photography, art, and the athleticism of skateboarding. Discover and observe the raw fusion where the artist meets the landscape, creating a culture of street skating within the beautiful, picturesque city of San Francisco. San Francisco boasts unparalleled geography, with its crooked streets and hills, creating a dream destination for skateboarders. Continue reading →]]>

Harvey Milk Photo Center in San Francisco is proud to present “ShutterSpeed”

ShutterSpeed is an international exhibition and event that invites you to open your mind and discover the intersection of photography, art, and the athleticism of skateboarding. Discover and observe the raw fusion where the artist meets the landscape, creating a culture of street skating within the beautiful, picturesque city of San Francisco. San Francisco boasts unparalleled geography, with its crooked streets and hills, creating a dream destination for skateboarders.

Shutterspeed celebrates skate culture with a gallery exhibition of Art and Photography by Bay Area locals and legends alike:

]]>The Mother’s Building Photo Exhibit at McLaren Lodgehttp://sfrecpark.org/the-mothers-building-photo-exhibit-at-mclaren-lodge/
Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:35:01 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=108276Please join us on February 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. at McLaren Lodge (501 Stanyan Street), for the opening reception of our Mother’s Building Photo Exhibit in partnership with the Harvey Milk Photo Center. The photos themselves will be on display at McLaren Lodge from January 27 to March … Continue reading →]]>

Please join us on February 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. at McLaren Lodge (501 Stanyan Street), for the opening reception of our Mother’s Building Photo Exhibit in partnership with the Harvey Milk Photo Center. The photos themselves will be on display at McLaren Lodge from January 27 to March 3.

The Mothers Building was built in 1925 by architect George Kelham for philanthropists Herbert and Mortimer Fleishacker. Inside the building there are four murals depicting the story of Noah and the Ark. They were painted on the walls by WPA artists Helen Forbes and Dorothy W. Pucinelli. The two mosaics on the outside of the building were done by Helen Margaret and Ester Bruton. This is the only building in San Francisco where all of the WPA art work was done by women artists.

]]>The Art of Fire Fighting the Beast: Photographs of San Francisco Firefighters at Workhttp://sfrecpark.org/event/the-art-of-fire-fighting-the-beast-photographs-of-san-francisco-firefighters-at-work/
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 01:30:00 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=105482“The Art of Fire” comprises photographs of San Francisco Fire Department’s firefighters engaged in fighting the beast that is fire. This collaborative exhibition features work from photographers who’ve captured striking images that put the … Continue reading →]]>

“The Art of Fire” comprises photographs of San Francisco Fire Department’s firefighters engaged in fighting the beast that is fire. This collaborative exhibition features work from photographers who’ve captured striking images that put the viewer on the firehose alongside firefighters in the fight to save lives and property.

Supported and sponsored by: San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation, S.F. Firefighters Local 798, San Francisco Chronicle and S.F. Recreation & Parks. Since its inception in 2006, the S.F. Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation has been dedicated to the fight against cancer in both active and retired members of the S.F. Fire Department. (In 2017, these “Art of Fire” images will also be featured in the inaugural gala for the San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at the Terra Gallery, 511 Harrison St., San Francisco) For more information go to: http://www.sffcpf.org/wp/

]]>Winter Student Sale @ Sharon Art Studiohttp://sfrecpark.org/event/winter-student-sale-sharon-art-studio/2015-12-06/
Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:00:00 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=98260Annual Student sale at Sharon Art Studio. Come to the biggest sale of the year and take home handmade treasures made right here at the studio by students and instructors.]]>

Annual Student sale at Sharon Art Studio. Come to the biggest sale of the year and take home handmade treasures made right here at the studio by students and instructors.

The purpose of this show is to showcase the community and inherent diversity of photographic interests among users of the HMPC, the largest public darkroom west of the
Mississippi. Photographs will be both film and digital based, black and white and color, many of which were printed in the darkroom or digitally at the Harvey Milk Photo Center facility. Photographs will be available for purchase with 25% of all proceeds going towards the installation of new lighting in the exhibit spaces at HMPC. Most of the photographers will attend the opening reception. We look forward to
seeing you!

]]>Tame Iti- Photos by Birgit Krippnerhttp://sfrecpark.org/event/tame-iti-photos-by-birgit-krippner/
Fri, 03 Apr 2015 01:00:00 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=84080Continue reading →]]>The Harvey Milk Photo Center is proud to present the photographs of Birgit Krippner, an Austrian photographer now living in New Zealand. This special exhibit is curated by Dave Christensen, Director of the Harvey Milk Photo Center in San Francisco. The Harvey Milk Photo Center is 75 years old this year, and is one of the jewels of the San Francisco Rec & Parks Department.The exhibition comprises photographs taken by Krippner during her regular visits with Ngāi Tūhoe a Māori iwi (“tribe”) of New Zealand, also known as “the children of the mist”. The exhibition will include Krippner’s contribution to a collaboration with Tame Iti, the high profile Tūhoe Māori activist and artist, which will be shown in New Zealand in February 2015. The collaborative show is called “Iti” – the Tūhoe meaning of which is “humble or in the background”. During the colonial period the Crown confiscated Te Urewera, Tūhoe’s ancestral homeland in the eastern North Island. In the 20th century the Tūhoe people suffered extreme social deprivation – ravaged by famine and disease. Especially hard hit were the children – school records from the 1920s and 1930s show that 75% of those who died were less than 25 years old.Despite this adversity, the Tūhoe people have demonstrated the mana (“indestructible spiritual power”) to preserve their Māori identity like few other iwi – including the continued and uninterrupted use of their native language by a very high percentage of their population. Krippner’s photos in this exhibition document a very important time in Tuhoe’s history. Tūhoe’s 2014 treaty settlement with the Crown returned Te Urewera, the spiritual home of the Tūhoe people, and marks the transition from grievance to a future promising greater opportunity and self-determination.Krippner’s photographs provide an intermit lens on Tame Iti, the Tuhoe people and Te Urewera, and serves as a document of the promise of new beginnings. Krippner has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally in recent years, including Paris, New York, Berlin, Copenhagen, Auckland, Wellington, Havelock North and Napier. Gallery Hours Tues-Thurs. 4-8pm, Sat & Sun. 12-4pm For more info please visit www. http://harveymilkphotocenter.org
]]>COASTAL- Photographs of the California coastal zonehttp://sfrecpark.org/event/coastal-photographs-of-the-california-coastal-zone/
Sun, 15 Mar 2015 04:00:00 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=82683Coastal- Photographs of the California Coastal Zone Photography by the 81 Bees Photo Collective Exhibit Curators: Dave Christensen, Director, Harvey Milk Photo Center Dates: March 14–April 10, 2015 Location: McLaren Lodge, 501 Stanyan Street, San … Continue reading →]]>

The Harvey Milk Photo Center proudly presents the exhibition Coastal by 81 Bees Photo Collective.
The California coastal zone is a boundary or buffer zone between the sea and the land. It is neither one nor the other but rather a space by itself created by the melding of these two entities. This group of photographs reflects a very personal vision of what this space evokes. It comes from an interaction that is very direct and the artworks reflect the calm and tranquil nature that this zone elicits both visually as well as emotionally.

The artists in this show are members of the 81Bees–a collective of photographers with a wide range of interests, experience and backgrounds. By working in cooperation, the members create an environment that encourages the growth of artistic vision and technical mastery.
Photographers Anton Bulyonov, Samantha Cooper, Donna L. Dodd, Marsha Guggenheim, Haley Mannix, Avril McHugh, Alex Mizuno, Maja Pilipovic, Gordon Szeto, Terri Watters, Yelena Zhavoronkova

The Harvey Milk Photo Center proudly presents the exhibition Coastal by 81 Bees Photo Collective.
The California coastal zone is a boundary or buffer zone between the sea and the land. It is neither one nor the other but rather a space by itself created by the melding of these two entities. This group of photographs reflects a very personal vision of what this space evokes. It comes from an interaction that is very direct and the artworks reflect the calm and tranquil nature that this zone elicits both visually as well as emotionally.

The artists in this show are members of the 81Bees–a collective of photographers with a wide range of interests, experience and backgrounds. By working in cooperation, the members create an environment that encourages the growth of artistic vision and technical mastery.
Photographers Anton Bulyonov, Samantha Cooper, Donna L. Dodd, Marsha Guggenheim, Haley Mannix, Avril McHugh, Alex Mizuno, Maja Pilipovic, Gordon Szeto, Terri Watters, Yelena Zhavoronkova

Imogen Cunningham: Photography Exhibit

The Harvey Milk Photo Center proudly presents the exhibition Imogen Cunningham: Paris in the Sixties, with exquisitely beautiful and subtle images of the City of Light. This body of images represents a unique moment in Imogen Cunningham’s life’s work. The exhibit was curated by Jane Reed in the

mid 1990’s and toured internationally. Cunningham’s Parisian photographs were taken at a seminal time in Paris, just before the student uprisings of 1968 and they have not been seen in the Bay Area for more than twenty years. Compared to Cunningham’s other work, her Paris photos are a relatively unknown, but essential part of her oeuvre.

In Reed’s words, “Perhaps it is the quality of the quiet paradox that best describes Imogen Cunningham’s exquisite work over a life dedicated to photography. She is one of America’s most distinguished photographers, whose work, though well known, has not been given the critical attention or commentary that it deserves. Cunningham’s photographic career spanned a period of seventy-five years, from the early 1900’s to her death in 1976 at the age of ninety-three. Her persistence of vision and diverse range of subject matter have contributed many important icons to the history of photography.”

Best known for her more formal photographs of botanicals, nudes and industrial landscapes, there was another side of Imogen, which she began to explore in the 1960’s. She had always been both a practicing portrait photographer and a dedicated experimentalist. In her eighth decade, at an age when most people have long since retired, she became fascinated with street photography and made two consecutive steamship trips to Europe seeking new directions for her work. Her photographs from this period are an homage to a humanistic approach to photojournalism, illustrated by a casual immediacy, and a marked sense of humor. They provide a delightful exclamation point to her more carefully considered portraiture. Her street work began in San Francisco, and extended to include the photographs she produced in France. The photographs in Imogen Cunningham: Paris in the Sixties were rarely exhibited in her lifetime.

In conjunction with Imogen Cunningham’s work, we will have an exhibition of a selection of Paris Changing: Revisiting Eugène Atget’s Paris by photographer Christopher Rauschenberg who spent time in Paris re-photographing many of the images of Eugène Atget. Atget photographed Paris extensively in the early part of the twentieth century, creating a visual record of the city that served as an inspiration for many of the photographers that followed him. This exhibition explores Paris through the lenses of two photographers working decades apart.

Jane Reed, curator and Dave Christensen, Director of the Harvey Milk Photo Center are honored to bring these exhibitions of Paris back to light.

Photographer Fred Lyon was born in San Francisco in 1924, and he calls himself a “third or fourth generation native.” He grew up around the Peninsula, and got into photography in high school – “because cameras were cool and I thought it would be a good way to get girls,” he told me. “Guess how that turned out.”

The Harvey Milk Photo Center presents a new exhibit of David Johnson’s photography running from September 6 – October 19.

David Johnson, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., was the first African American student of Ansel Adams at the California School of the Arts. In Adams’ school he was advised to photograph his own neighborhood and document the faces and places with which he was most familiar. He subsequently became an important chronicler of black life in San Francisco in the middle part of the 20th century.

Please join us for the opening reception on September 6 from 1-4pm at the Harvey Milk Photo Center.

Nature is my place of ultimate inspiration. It’s beauty stands above
all else to me. It is where I go to have a special experience, one
where our world becomes timeless, uplifting, mysterious and
sacred.

There are certain landscapes that move me the most, and that’s
where I go to make photographs. I am drawn to vast deserts,
expansive canyons, wild mountains and forests, and the rugged
coast.

These lands represent everything that is pure to me. They serve as
my window into an ancient world, much older than Humankind. It
is a world in harmony.

Harvey Milk Photo Center presents Illuminations featuring the photography of RUTH BERHARD & JOHN WIMBERLEY For the first time in 15 years, on the afternoon of Saturday, January 25, 2014, San Francisco Rec & Parks’ Harvey Milk Photo Center, directed by Dave Christensen, in collaboration with Joel Garzoli and the Garzoli Gallery, presents ‘Illuminations’ The Photography of Ruth Bernard and John Wimberley. During the opening day of the exhibit, from 1-5 p.m., guests will have the opportunity to view the World premiere of Robert Burrill’s documentary, “John Wimberely – Metaphysic Light” at 1:30 p.m., and the re-release of Burrill’s documentary, “Ruth Bernhard – Illuminations” at 2:45 p.m., which originally premiered in San Francisco, 1989.

In 1981 Ruth Bernhard, age 76, fell in love with John Wimberley’s, age 36, photograph “Descending Angel.” Soon after the two would meet to exchange photographs, a friendship formed in which two artists would continue to inspire each other.

“Berhard’s images have been published worldwide and in eight books from 1957 to 2000. Her photographic legacy can be found in prestigious museums and universities in Tokyo, San Francisco, Denver, New York, London, Mexico City, and Frankfurt. Today, Ruth joins the rankings of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston.”

~Robert Burrill John Wimberley’s photographs have appeared in over 70 exhibitions, multiple publications, and over 500 collections. He received the 2010 Oliver Rock Art Photography Awardfor his self-published book of American Indian rock art titled Evidence of Magic.

Harvey Milk Photo Center invites photography enthusiasts to its newly-renovated facility located on top of Duboce Park in the heart of San Francisco. HMPC offers a wide-range of traditional and digital classes and workshops. Spring registration is now ongoing with prices at: $50 to $100. We offer memberships with rates for teen, adults, and seniors. Come see us at 50 Scott Street, SF, CA 94117 (Tel. 415-554-9522) or visit: sfrecpark.org… Hours of Operation: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 4 pm – 9 pm and Saturday from 10 am to 4:30 pm